Get naked for a good cause - Photographer Spencer Tunick has partnered with Green Peace to create a number of environmentally aware art installations all exhibiting hundreds of naked people around the globe.

Absolut (Insert City Name Here) is no longer just an ad... now they are becoming actual limited edition flavors... first being New Orleans.

Work It Out video - Most graceful movement on crutches I have ever seen ! Bill Shannon dancing.

Medeco M3 locks can be picked with a paperclip...

Also from Ponton is the Ponton Grow ~ a seat and table in one, made from a pure piece of wood. Nothing like a chunk of massive, oiled, multipurpose oak.

Ponton's Fireplace... your urban campfire, which burns bio-alcohol.

Moo (of the tiny flickr business cards) launches stickers! Sticker books of 90 stickers for 10$

The sculptural 'Yum Bowl' by Karim Rashid cleverly integrates a handle into its asymmetric design. Microwave safe with a non-skid bottom. Available at cheengoo.com in two sizes: 7" and 9.5"

Taser International launches The Taser C2, colored tasers for women, pink, blue, silver and black. Defending yourself never looked so good.

Flags by colours, nice and unusefull proportional way of showing flags

David Chung has the most bizarre paintings, you can't help but love them.

Photos of the steam volcano yesterday in Midtown Manhattan. These are what we should have on stamps. Not Willa Cather and rose bushes.

Can you believe Blik is turning 5 already??? Big birthday bash happening in Venice.

Sassa pail - part pail part stool... and the first post by our friends at Sub-Studio!

Work from Freelance Argentinean Designer Guillermo Jones.

Ten radical moments in 20th century art.

Parking tickets: the funny kind.

Man in a box.
The latest work by wladimiro bendandi

How every pi loving office building and university doesn't have these Pi Bike Racks is beyond me. By Landscape Forms.

Who knew PSP and Lonely Planet teamed up for a europe exclusive last year for PSP Passports to.... guides for 6 european cities? (clearly not I, and the covers are really cute)

Frog Design is hosting a Many Shades of Green event July 26th in SF

Designer Ross Lovegrove created this amazing system of "X"-shaped interconnecting fluorescent lights for Yamagiwa.

Oceanic's latest product integrates your dive computer into your mask : DataMask HUD

Reimagined bloomberg terminals ~ i love what HappyCorp has envisioned for the future (traditional on top, theirs on the bottom)

Dror Benshetrit's Urban Cast-Away line of jewelry will change the way you thought you saw porcelain - these are second hand fur dipped into porcelain, then shaped and fired. [Ed. also seen as #4518 ]

Work from Freelance British Designer Mike Lemanski.

Surrealien - german company will customize your wallpaper... to even look like its warping around YOUR paintings. Must be hard to randomly rearrange after this! [Ed. also seen in #4695]

Mulheres Barbadas updates with new work! Cover and poster for Computer Arts Projects.

Photographer Lynnette Astaire shows work on, and is interviewed by, Format Mag.

The 18k gold "Family Ring"
by Gerd Rothmann - Germany
Can be commissioned with up to 4 different prints.Now that's a cool ring!

Sand sculptures by talented artist Gianni Schimarini. Sandsibility.

Illustration couple Kozyndan display work on, and are interviewed by, Format Mag.

Sony is firmly targeting video bloggers and You Tube contributors with their new beautifully sleek Net Sharing Cam.

Florentijn Hofman's massive rubber duckie.
"Loire Estuary 2007"

The bulky spacesuit is about to be replaced by the bio-suit, a form-fitting garment that looks straight out of Courege's Fall-Winter Collection from 1968

When Antarctica finally mints its own currency, they will surely contact this artist.

The Pillowig -- you never know when you might want to take a quick nap...

The Simpsons go to Paris with Linda Evangelista in the Aug 007 Harper's Bazaar... a must see even if you don't usually frequent fashion magazines.

Atelphobia: The Fear of Imperfection by Shannon Bonatakis... and some impressive harry potter sketches as well

Smythson goes all out on this sleek Pigskin Scuba Diving Journal (i must admit i'd be more impressed if it were waterproof paper)

Pottery Barn has "Smart Technology" now... basically think their stuff with embedded speakers, power strips, cord management holes...

Ooooh ooooh ~ wifi blackberry coming! Research In Motion announces the performance-driven BlackBerry 8820, the first dual-mode BlackBerry smartphone featuring cellular and Wi-Fi communications as well as built-in GPS.

A planetary blog specializing in the very best imagery from 50 years of planetary exploration. Has the best collection of desktop images featuring the Solar System (landscape 1440x900).

fruit bowl by -jenny pokryvailo [Editor's Note: check out how it collapses down to pieces of wood on a metal ring!]

If you add an "erd" to "design" you become a "designerd". Are you one? You are here aren't you? [Editor's note: or you can think of it as just designer+d?]

the strangely beautiful sea ranch chapel in california, designed by james t. hubbell.

An interesting analysis of the colors used in the top grossing movies of all time, broken down by rating

Vaja announces their iPhone cases....

Hoesch Sensamare Komplettbad - the Complete Luxury Modern Bathroom.... dreaming and wishing i had this right about now.

Sputnikk did this piece in Bolzano, Italy. EXIT THE SYSTEM!

Studio 8 Design's gorgeous BREATHE poster with trees as lungs...

CoolHunting points out BLACKLE today ~ the white on black version of google that SAVES ENERGY. yes, by not wasting brightness

Presenting the General Carbuncle: one old Ford covered in 4500 toy cars

Skull-a-Day: Designer Noah Scalin promises to design and blogs a skull every day for a year.

The "Emir" lounge chair is a versatile "sofa for one" in natural materials. It hosts two good friends, or one person alone. Design Lars Urheim T16

Travel without moving. Using the ear s can move heart ~ Sound Transit: SoundTransit is a collaborative, online community dedicated to field recording and phonography.

Giant Grand Pianos washed up on the beach. The ulitmate piece of driftwood! Paal 5 by Florentijn Hofman

Andrew English's wedding bands are delicately hand-engraved with the fingerprint of your partner and therefore completely unique to each couple.

Mimoco is announcing Core Series 2 ~ with nine new mimobots... and you can discover them through their scavenger hunt this week... and the first one is announced at NOTCOT! (click to learn how to win)

Paul Smith and Triumph team up for an extremely gorgeous and characteristically colorfully patterned line of motorcycles.

Wow. Sam Flores takes a sharpie to a fan who already has an INCREDIBLE tattoo of his work, and adds some gorgeous birds to it... while at an opening!

it's the most creative way of playing the lottery. spontaneous art on lottery ticket by samowel

warm and substantial floating cabinetry by philipp mainzer for e15 is offered in solid oak or walnut, and has no footprint.

People Like U' new project - iPod Styles.
Pimp your iPod with designs from Chuck Anderson, Hejz, ElectricHeat, RA909 and more!

Minneapolis-based artist Gregory Euclide's solo show, "I Have Been Remembering: Half-Lives & Half-Truths," is up in Seattle at OKOK Gallery - incredible use of BUBBLE WRAP!

Smoosh your contacts into your iPhone.

On silly monday videos to help the work day go by... Attus Apparel has gone and shot up more polos for sale - this time with mullet wigs - Check out round two of "Shot up shirts"

Awesome retro transformers watch ~ where he really pops off the watch!

Gaggenau's Lift Oven is coming soon and will truly change the way you cook!

FabricPots from HOVA Design are the first plant containers made of waterproof breathable fabric. Available in two styles, Frusto (conical) and Silo, with patterns by Angela Adams.

Xel is a bookcase designed by Luca Nichetto.
I love this irregular texture made by aluminium and glass.

Quadrics Prototypes From Maxim Zhestkov (Russian industrial designer)

limited edition collaboration to celebrate the 41st anniversary of arktip magazine and 1st anniversary of original fake store in tokyo, the magazine's embossed incase padded sleeve can be used for laptops after your done w the mag

The new addition to the Akron Museum of Art by Vienna-based Coop Himmelb(l)au.

Photographer Erwin Olaf and Marcel Wanders created this amazing photography for mooi's products. And that's only some of Erwin Olaf's amazing photography.

Kick your shoes off and relax in a Pac-Man chair.

Work by New Zealand artist Joe Sheehan. A fair share of his work consists of exquisitely carved greenstone (jade). Like this functional tape containing a recording of river sounds.

Beautiful work by Andreas Shabelnikov - young digital artist and photographer from the Baltic States.

This tiny wooden camera pendant from Korea is actually an mp3 player.

For those that do not have the 98 Mio. USD available for the sculpture, there is now the Diamond Skull t-shirt series by Damien Hirst!!!

For designers and other type addicts, Typografica.org just released a list of their 23 favorite fonts of 2006

Tejo Remy and Rene VeenHuizen's tennis ball benches for the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam.

The Ab Ovo Collection by William Emmerson. Ab Ovo, meaning 'from the egg' or 'from the beginning' is an evolution of style.

Tanya Moller Jensen's ceramic boxes are fabulous. Not to be missed; her wall pockets and votives.
Check them all out!

Sheep stool - designer: - Hanns-Peter Krafft, 1982 - materials: Real sheep-skin over a body of jute skin filled with wood shavings, with head and legs in solid wood. Ears are made of leather.

Take a look at this incredible set of pins... layered and laser cut looking scenes and stories in animals

Gorgeous work by Christian Ward

Great piece over at Pingmag on Transformable Architecture... and the brilliance that is Hoberman

Ceramic is the answare - "handled with care"
contemporary ceramic works - designersblock, shoreditch high street - september 19 - 23, 2007

Latest Diesel Campaign is "Human After All" a futuristic look at how our basic issues will survive the future... from the pain of ikea building, to fights, to pancakes sticking to the ceiling... etc etc etc

Incredible origami over at deviant art ~ love this koi - also check out the dragon, fox, stego, and marlin!

Flocks makes single sheep sweaters, complete with the sheep's photo, bio and serial number.

Our little NotCouture made NEWSWEEK!

3 and 5 kg dumbells the flintsones would have loved... carved out of Carrara Marble ~ Forever Young by Robert Stadler.

A twisting strand of 216 LEDs suspended by a thin wire, that is Robin Carpenters Spiralight. That, and 1st prize winner at Lights of the Future 2006 awarded by the German Design Council

Show studio is an online fashion broadcasting company committed to pioneering, live fashion media.

Beautiful new Nike Vintage Running Site designed like an old runners magazine and the product new, but designed after the original 30 year old sneakers also looks great!

Nice bracelet by the hungarian jewelery designer
Istvan Bajte. [Editor's note - sure its cool, but beware of myspace music]

How strong is your coffee? Apparently the NOIR COFFEE CRAVEROLANIS ARGENTINA is THAT strong.

Designer vs. Developer - it's LIKE Hot or Not....